2018 FORMULA 1 EYETIME GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH

[Big Kev]

2018 FORMULA 1 EYETIME GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH



Red Bull Ring
Lap data
Lap length 4.326km (2.688 miles)
Race laps 71
Race distance 307.02km (190.773 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’08.337 (Michael Schumacher, 2003)
Fastest lap 1’06.228 (Lewis Hamilton, 2016, qualifying two)
Maximum speed 322kph (200.081 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and second straight
Distance from grid to turn one 323m
Full throttle 65%
Longest flat-out section 868m
Downforce level Low/medium
Gear changes per lap 32
Fuel use per lap 1.48kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.056s

UK Times
Friday 29th June 2018
Austrian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 11:00-12:30 (UK time: 10:00-11:30)
Austrian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 15:00-16:30 (UK time: 14:00-15:30)
Saturday 30th June 2018
Austrian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 12:00-13:00 (UK time: 11:00-12:00)
Austrian Grand Prix Qualifying: 15:00 (UK time: 14:00)
Sunday 1st July 2018
Austrian Grand Prix: 15:10 (UK time: 14:10)

Previous Winners
2017 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
2016 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2014 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2013–2004 Not held
A1-Ring
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
2000 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
1999 United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari
1998 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
1997 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault

Videos

Bottas on board 2017


Nakajima on board 1987 Os-ring


Facts from the last race
Lewis Hamilton scored the 65th win and 75th pole position of his Formula 1 career in last weekend’s French Grand Prix.

It would have been a lights-to-flag victory for Hamilton had he not made his pit stop one lap before Kimi Raikkonen, who hit the front for a single lap. Hamilton didn’t take the fastest lap en route to his third grand prix victory of 2018 either: that went to Valtteri Bottas, for the third time this year.

Consistency is the name of the game for Hamilton at the moment. This was a record-extending 33rd points finish in a row for him.

This also means he has equalled Nick Heidfeld’s record of finishing in 33 races in a row, which Heidfeld did between the 2007 Chinese and 2009 Italian Grands Prix.

Hamilton’s latest victory means he has now won at all 21 venues on this year’s F1 calendar.

Hamilton has also set a new record for most wins in different grands prix. The French Grand Prix is the 23rd different event he has won, one more than Michael Schumacher.

Raikkonen, meanwhile, broke Alain Prost’s record for the most circuits at which he has taken a podium finish. Paul Ricard is the 30th different track where Raikkonen finished on the podium. Hamilton tied Prost on 29 at the last race, so this record could also fall to him eventually.

For Raikkonen, this was also the 25th podium finish since his last race victory. The next-longest win-less podium streak belongs to Jean Alesi, with 16.

Having lost the championship lead to Vettel in Canada, Hamilton regained it immediately in France. This is the first time in four years the championship lead has changed hands in two consecutive races: Hamilton took the points lead off Nico Rosberg at the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix but lost it again at the next round.

Fernando Alonso scored points each of the first five races but has missed out in all of the three since then. However he retained his perfect qualifying record against team mate Stoffel Vandoorne.

Carlos Sainz Jnr became the second driver from outside the ‘big three’ teams to run inside the top three positions during a race this year. The other was Sergio Perez when he finished on the podium in Baku.

France’s three F1 drivers were all involved in collisions on the first lap of their home race. Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon retired on the spot, while Romain Grosjean made it to the finish. These three drivers have completed the fewest racing laps so far this year, with Gasly bottom on 322 out of a possible 487.

Finally, Paul Ricard returned to the F1 calendar 28 years after its last race. This is one of the longest intervals between world championship races at the same venue. In 2007 F1 returned to the Fuji circuit in Japan following a 30-year break.

This is outstripped by Indianapolis, which had a 40-years break between its races in 1960 and 2000. However its 1960 race was the Indianapolis 500, when it counted towards the F1 world championship, which was not run to Formula 1 rules.

Drivers’ Chosen Tyres


Championship Standings

[Duke]

Can't wait to see "The Child" take out "Finger Boy" at T1.

[StanDaam]

Ohh, it's a social life app... thrilling!!
https://www.eyetime.com/
So F1 is starting to be like stadiums, where you never know where it is because corporate sponsorships change every 5 years...

[VTRacing]

Ohh, it's a social life app... thrilling!!
https://www.eyetime.com/
So F1 is starting to be like stadiums, where you never know where it is because corporate sponsorships change every 5 years...

To be fair, it does still say Grand Prix of Austria in the title...

[StanDaam]

I'm in the wrong thread...

[pixelboy]

Nico bit me!

[Big Kev]

Grid pen for Vettel

[Big Kev]

[Duke]

Very interesting, the short lap time makes this unique.

https://racer.com/2018/06/30/i-should-h ... ricciardo/

in that situation we do have three runs, so that’s where I’m thinking from three runs if I’m the first car on track from our garage that’s luck of the draw, but maybe on one of the three I’ll get preference.

“But again, that’s me assuming rather than actually going through it with the team and addressing it. So what seems obvious to me wasn’t obvious to everyone and then when we brought it up during Q3 it probably seemed a bit chaotic for everyone.”

[w00dsy]

Weird for Daniel to have a tantrum like that. It's his turn to lead in the quali sessions and give Max the tow and he was stomping his foot that he didn't want to and slowed down hoping Max would pass him, but Max stuck to the rules and remained behind to get the tow.

[w00dsy]

[Duke]

Great race, entertaining from start to finish.
Surprising results all around the paddock!!!

[Big Kev]

Yep

Lewis, bottom lip setting to 9. Copy?

[Dr. Pain]

Motogp was miles better even though this was good.

[Big Kev]

Jeez, Hamilton's had 33 consecutive points finishes and he gets one bad one and moans like a big girl. He wouldn't have won anyway cos the car broke down so the pit decision is now moot.

[w00dsy]

He's learning how the other half live.

[Big Kev]

Have to say too that I think Vandoorne is looking increasingly out of his depth in F1. Alonso is driving the doorhandles off that car and dragging it up in to the points. Vandoorne rarely seems to make much better progress from his starting point and lucks in to a top 10 with retirements.

[KNAPPO]

[Duke]

I saw that star at the French GP & said WTF too!!! They also added the F1 logo waving in the breeze inside the last turn at Austria.
Most Motorsport telecasts (including our V8's) have been adding digitally overlaid advertising billboards for a while now, strange seeing them in one camera shot then the next camera they are not there.